Mittineague Elementary is an elementary school

Elementary school

An elementary school or primary school is an institution where children receive the first stage of compulsory education known as elementary or primary education. Elementary school is the preferred term in some countries, particularly those in North America, where the terms grade school and grammar...

 in the neighborhood of Mittineague on Second Street in the city

City

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 of West Springfield, Massachusetts

West Springfield, Massachusetts

The Town of West Springfield is a city in Hampden County, Massachusetts, United States. It is part of the Springfield, Massachusetts Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 28,391 at the 2010 census...

. It is about 1 mile from Town Hall in downtown. The school offers Grade 1, Grade 2, Grade 3, Grade 4, and Grade 5.

General

• 13 teachers
• 33 1st graders
• 33 2nd graders
• 24 3rd graders
• 29 4th graders
• 28 5th graders
• 150 students

Average size class: 16 students

Demographics

As of the beginning of the school year 2009-10, the school had 144 students and about 14 teachers. The school had 7% of African-Americans, 4% of Asians, 19% of Hispanics, 68% of Whites, and 1% of Multi Race, Non-Hispanics.